Round 4 - Firebirds v Bulls (COMPLETED)

I sense a comeback.

 

4 : 25.01 {C} - Huge handpass to Schaw. As good as a kick.
4 : 25.01 {C} - The ruck contest is won by N. Hunt.
4 : .06 {C} - Masters is now off and running.
4 : .1 {lW} - A poor handpass but Townsend is up to the challenge.
4 : .13 {lW} - Flicks it to N. Hunt.
4 : .18 {rHFF} - A kick in the general direction of Manera.
4 : .2 {rHFF} - Ochocinco must wash his hands in superglue. Astonishing mark.
4 : .24 {rHBF} - Lehmann with all the time in the world.
4 : .28 {CHB} - He tries to find Martyn with a chip pass.
4 : .33 {CHB} - Martyn is caught under pressure and knocks the ball forward.
4 : .34 {CHB} - Martyn breaks a tackle and is off.
4 : .38 {CHB} - Ooof. Harding blindsides Martyn and I heard that from here.
4 : .43 {CHF} - Harding sizes the options in front of him.
4 : .47 {FF} - A wobbly old kick.
4 : .51 {FF} - Here's a chance for an opportunist rover.
4 : .53 {lBP} - Running with the ball is O'Neill.
4 : .57 {rBP} - No-look handpass to Scott.
4 : 1.01 {rBP} - Finds Rask with a handball.
4 : 1.05 {lHBF} - His kick is hurried.
4 : 1.07 {lHBF} - Ochocinco is caught under pressure and knocks the ball forward.
4 : 1.12 {rHFF} - Manera threads his way through traffic.
4 : 1.15 {rHFF} - A hand over the shoulder and Manera will get the free.
4 : 1.19 {lHBF} - Ochocinco has it. What can he do with it?.
4 : 1.24 {lHBF} - Ohhr you can't shove 'em in the back like that.
4 : 1.26 {rHFF} - Manera has it.
4 : 1.3 {rHFF} - Flicks it to Oz.
4 : 1.34 {rHFF} - Oz from just outside the fifty ...
4 : 1.36 {rHFF} - Oz has missed.
Bulls : 17.15.117
Firebirds : 14.9.93
4 : 1.45 {FB} - The ball is now with Starris.
4 : 1.49 {lHBF} - He rewards the Ochocinco lead.
4 : 1.52 {lHBF} - Anybody's ball.
4 : 1.55 {lHFF} - Schaw to send the ball forward.
4 : 1.59 {lHFF} - Handpass to space. N. Hunt runs onto it.
4 : 2.03 {CHF} - Draws a man and then with hands to Harding.
4 : 2.07 {FF} - Diggler presents on a long lead.
4 : 2.09 {FF} - Anybody's ball.
4 : 2.13 {FF} - Nobody's checking Diggler.
4 : 2.17 {FF} - A chance now for Diggler who kicks at goal.
4 : 2.21 {FF} - It's a goal. Diggler has 8.
Bulls : 18.15.123
Firebirds : 14.9.93
4 : 2.24 {C} - No-one can win the tapout.
4 : 2.32 {C} - Dforum breaks free and has found some space.
4 : 2.36 {lW} - Kick goes sideways.
4 : 2.38 {lW} - Over the head of Con.
4 : 2.42 {lW} - Con with some space now.
4 : 2.46 {lW} - A wild handball - but luckily MacDonald was well placed to clean up.
4 : 2.5 {lW} - MacDonald loves a shot at goal.
4 : 2.52 {lW} - MacDonald just scrapes it in for a goal.
Bulls : 18.15.123
Firebirds : 15.9.99
4 : 2.57 {C} - Long tap from N. Hunt.
4 : 3.05 {C} - Masters signals for his teammates to present.
4 : 3.09 {CHB} - Fires out the handpass to Son.
4 : 3.11 {CHB} - Son has a bounce.
4 : 3.15 {CHB} - Fires out the handpass to M. Edwards.
4 : 3.19 {CHB} - Taylor applies the tackle.
4 : 3.23 {CHF} - Who wants it? Taylor does. Great stuff.
4 : 3.25 {CHF} - Passes to MacDonald by hand.
4 : 3.3 {CHF} - This will bring the house down if it goes through.
4 : 3.34 {CHF} - MacDonald's dobbed it.
Bulls : 18.15.123
Firebirds : 16.9.105
4 : 3.38 {C} - Superb ruckwork from N. Hunt.
4 : 3.44 {C} - The ball is now with Oz.
4 : 3.48 {rHFF} - Manera takes off on a lead.
4 : 3.52 {rHFF} - No-one can take the mark.
4 : 3.54 {rHFF} - With the ball is Manera.
4 : 3.58 {rHFF} - Manera sells the dummy and helps himself to a bounce.
4 : 4.03 {lFP} - Quick hands to Burridge under pressure.
4 : 4.07 {lFP} - This should be a certain goal.
4 : 4.09 {lFP} - Burridge kicks it lace out to a lovely lady sitting behind the goals.
Bulls : 19.15.129
Firebirds : 16.9.105
4 : 4.13 {C} - Adams wins the tapout.
4 : 4.21 {C} - A bit of space for Masters to utilise.
4 : 4.25 {C} - Dforum was tripped.
4 : 4.27 {C} - Dforum with the ball now.
4 : 4.31 {C} - He has a bounce.
4 : 4.35 {C} - A lookaway handpass to Rask.
4 : 4.4 {C} - Draws a man and then with hands to Adams.
4 : 4.41 {C} - No-one on the mark! Adams takes off and kicks long at goal.
4 : 4.46 {C} - A poster. So one behind to Adams.
Bulls : 19.15.129
Firebirds : 16.10.106
4 : 4.54 {FB} - Yamadera sizes the options in front of him.
4 : 4.56 {FB} - Great bump by Narang. Yamadera has not moved.
4 : 5 {FF} - Evans sizes the options in front of him.
4 : 5.04 {FF} - Evans wants a goal.
4 : 5.09 {FF} - Himann boots it through the big sticks... of the wrong goals. Oops.
Bulls : 19.15.129
Firebirds : 16.11.107
4 : 5.15 {FB} - Nobody's checking Himann.
4 : 5.19 {rBP} - Handpass to space. Downes runs onto it.
4 : 5.23 {CHB} - His kick is hurried.
4 : 5.26 {CHB} - Horrific choice of kick and Taylor will mark unopposed.
4 : 5.29 {lHFF} - Anraad has possession.
4 : 5.33 {lHFF} - Anraad boots toward an open goal.
4 : 5.37 {lHFF} - Should have lowered his eyes.
Bulls : 19.15.129
Firebirds : 16.12.108
4 : 5.43 {FB} - The ball is now with Himann.
4 : 5.48 {FB} - Himann nearly got done for running too far but he remembers to bounce at last.
4 : 5.52 {lBP} - He transfers play using Yamadera.
4 : 5.56 {lBP} - Yamadera spills the mark.
4 : 5.58 {FF} - So Evans ... with a moment to digest his options.
4 : 6.02 {FF} - A snap at goal ....
4 : 6.06 {FF} - Beautiful kick but it just brushed Himann's fingertips on the way through.
Bulls : 19.15.129
Firebirds : 16.13.109

 

Come on boys, hang on.

 

lrn2convert

 

DIGGLER!

 

4 : 6.12 {FB} - Downes with the ball now.
4 : 6.16 {FB} - But there's a push-out.
4 : 6.2 {FF} - Evans slowing down the play.
4 : 6.25 {FF} - A quick snap from Evans.
4 : 6.26 {FF} - Straight through the centre.
Bulls : 19.15.129
Firebirds : 17.13.115

ty knew you'd deliver xo

 

Taste it Bulls.

 

4 : 6.31 {C} - Adams wins the hitout unopposed.
4 : 6.39 {lW} - Townsend does some crumbing and is away.
4 : 6.41 {lW} - Cribb sews Townsend up in a fantastic tackle.
4 : 6.45 {rW} - Cribb sizes the options in front of him.
4 : 6.49 {CHF} - Boots the ball toward Taylor.
4 : 6.54 {CHF} - One grab... Two... Three... Mark to Taylor.
4 : 6.55 {CHF} - With the ball is Taylor.
4 : 7 {rHFF} - He tries to find Ames with a chip pass.
4 : 7.04 {rHFF} - But Dong is better positioned and marks safely.
4 : 7.08 {CHB} - M. Edwards with the ball now.
4 : 7.12 {rHBF} - He beckons for a lead.
4 : 7.14 {rHBF} - Mitchell outbodies Anraad and takes a brilliant mark.
4 : 7.18 {rHBF} - Mitchell signals for his teammates to present.
4 : 7.22 {C} - A lookaway handpass to Masters.
4 : 7.26 {rHFF} - That kick is a real floater.
4 : 7.28 {rHFF} - I can't believe Manera held on to that. What a mark.
4 : 7.33 {rHFF} - So Manera ... with a moment to digest his options.
4 : 7.37 {lFP} - Gets a handpass away to Burridge.
4 : 7.41 {lFP} - Burridge about twenty-five out.
4 : 7.43 {lFP} - Terrible kick off the boot... six points for effectiveness though.
Bulls : 20.15.135
Firebirds : 17.13.115

 

Burridge now has six, and Diggler eight.

 

4 : 7.47 {C} - Both ruckman miss the ball completely.
4 : 7.55 {lW} - Townsend takes off.
4 : 7.57 {lW} - That slews off the side of his boot and out on the full.
4 : 8.01 {rW} - Cribb to send the ball forward.
4 : 8.06 {C} - Handpasses to Dforum.
4 : 8.1 {lHFF} - He doesn't waste any time in getting boot to ball.
4 : 8.14 {lHFF} - All up but nobody can take the mark.
4 : 8.16 {lHFF} - Anraad dances around Mitchell.
4 : 8.2 {lHFF} - Quick hands to Adams under pressure.
4 : 8.24 {lHFF} - What a tackle.
4 : 8.28 {rHBF} - Mitchell with a little space.
4 : 8.3 {lHBF} - No-look handpass to Dong.
4 : 8.34 {lHBF} - Handpass to space. N. Hunt runs onto it.
4 : 8.38 {rW} - Long raking kick in the direction of Alessi.
4 : 8.43 {rW} - Con claims the mark but its play on.
4 : 8.45 {lW} - The ball is now with Con.
4 : 8.49 {lHFF} - Long handpass to the running Rask.
4 : 8.53 {CHF} - He kicks across the ground towards Taylor.
4 : 8.57 {CHF} - Brilliant mark by Taylor!.
4 : 8.59 {CHF} - Taylor takes off.
4 : 9.03 {rHFF} - Sees Ames out of the corner of his eye.
4 : 9.07 {rHFF} - Shocking kick and Dong will take the mark.
4 : 9.11 {rHBF} - Mitchell has possession.
4 : 9.13 {rHBF} - And that'll be a throw in... Wait... The umpire says its deliberate. I don't believe this.
4 : 9.18 {lHFF} - With the ball is Anraad.
4 : 9.22 {lW} - Gets hands off within the nick of time.
4 : 9.26 {lW} - Smashed by Son.
4 : 9.3 {rW} - Alessi has possession.
4 : 9.32 {rW} - Con has been pushed out.
4 : 9.36 {lW} - Con has possession.
4 : 9.4 {C} - That came off the outside of the boot.
4 : 9.43 {C} - No mark taken as Dforum and Masters wrestle for position.
4 : 9.47 {C} - Masters sizes the options in front of him.
4 : 9.51 {lHFF} - Kicks with his non-preferred side.
4 : 9.55 {lHFF} - Lehmann drops an absolute sitter.
4 : 9.59 {lHFF} - Nobody's checking Schaw.
4 : 10.01 {lHFF} - Schaw dummy's the handpass and then takes a bounce.
4 : 10.05 {rW} - A slick handpass goes to Alessi.
4 : 10.09 {lW} - Huge handpass to Townsend. As good as a kick.
4 : 10.13 {rHFF} - Kicks to a contest - Manera looks to get to thre front.
4 : 10.15 {rHFF} - Anybody's ball.
4 : 10.19 {rHFF} - Manera looks downfield.
4 : 10.23 {rHFF} - He takes the opportunity to bounce.
4 : 10.28 {rHFF} - Huge bump by Ochocinco on Manera.
4 : 10.3 {lHBF} - Now Ochocinco has the ball. What can he do with it?.
4 : 10.34 {lHBF} - Long handpass to the running Adams.
4 : 10.38 {lHBF} - He gets a handpass to MacDonald.
4 : 10.42 {rHBF} - Sees Lehmann out of the corner of his eye.
4 : 10.46 {rHBF} - Nice mark by Lehmann.
4 : 10.49 {rHBF} - With the ball is Lehmann.
4 : 10.52 {CHB} - Kick goes sideways.
4 : 10.56 {CHB} - Great mark! No! The umpire calls play on.
4 : 11.01 {CHF} - The ball is now with Harding.
4 : 11.03 {rHFF} - Handpass over the shoulder to Manera.
4 : 11.07 {rHFF} - He has a bounce.
4 : 11.11 {rFP} - He has another one.
4 : 11.15 {rFP} - Manera is still looking for options and takes another.
4 : 11.17 {rFP} - Manera screws it round his body.
4 : 11.21 {rFP} - I hesitate to say that Manera has the yips but that was a shocking effort.
Bulls : 20.16.136
Firebirds : 17.13.115
4 : 11.3 {FB} - With the ball is Scott.
4 : 11.31 {FB} - A long looping handpass to MacDonald.
4 : 11.36 {rHBF} - A kick in the general direction of Lehmann.
4 : 11.4 {rHBF} - Lehmann gets crunched in that marking contest but comes out with the ball.
4 : 11.44 {rHBF} - Lehmann slowing down the play.
4 : 11.48 {C} - A measured kick in the direction of Dforum.
4 : 11.51 {C} - Straight down the throat of the leading Dforum.
4 : 11.54 {C} - Dforum has possession.
4 : 11.58 {lHFF} - Throws it onto his boot.
4 : 12.01 {lHFF} - Over the head of Anraad.
4 : 12.04 {lHFF} - Anraad wants to get on with proceedings.
4 : 12.08 {CHF} - Hands it off to Taylor.
4 : 12.13 {rHFF} - A short kick to Ames.
4 : 12.17 {rHFF} - Ames and Dong both holding each other. No mark.
4 : 12.19 {rHFF} - Ames hits the ground running.
4 : 12.23 {FF} - His kick is hurried - in the direction of Evans.
4 : 12.27 {FF} - What a shocking kick - straight to Himann.
4 : 12.31 {FB} - Running with the ball is Himann.
4 : 12.33 {lHBF} - A kick towards Dong territory.
4 : 12.37 {lHBF} - Horrific choice of kick and Ames will mark unopposed.
4 : 12.41 {rHFF} - Ames with the ball now.
4 : 12.46 {lHFF} - He transfers play using Anraad.
4 : 12.48 {lHFF} - Mitchell was hanging around the back of the pack but the ball fell into his lap.
4 : 12.52 {rHBF} - Mitchell with some space now.
4 : 12.56 {C} - A mongrel punt in the direction of Masters.
4 : 13 {C} - Dforum rises over the pack majestically.
4 : 13.03 {C} - Dforum fighting to get a clear kick.
4 : 13.07 {rHFF} - The kick seeks out Ames.
4 : 13.1 {rHFF} - Great mark! No! The umpire calls play on.
4 : 13.15 {rHBF} - Mitchell with some space now.
4 : 13.17 {rHBF} - Anraad sews him up!.
4 : 13.21 {rHFF} - Ames looking for a lead.
4 : 13.25 {rHFF} - Ames sees an open goal.
4 : 13.29 {rHFF} - Miraculous goal to Ames.
Bulls : 20.16.136
Firebirds : 18.13.121

 

4 : 13.33 {C} - No-one can win the tapout.
4 : 13.39 {C} - The ball is now with Son.
4 : 13.43 {C} - Almost a throw to N. Hunt.
4 : 13.48 {lW} - Huge handpass to Townsend. As good as a kick.
4 : 13.49 {lW} - Whistle blows for kicking in danger.
4 : 13.54 {rW} - Cribb has it.
4 : 13.58 {rW} - No-look handpass to MacDonald.
4 : 14.02 {rW} - Almost a throw to Rask.
4 : 14.04 {rHFF} - MacDonald runs past and takes the handpass.
4 : 14.08 {rHFF} - He's brought down by Son.
4 : 14.12 {lHBF} - So Dong ... with a moment to digest his options.
4 : 14.16 {C} - His kick is towards Masters.
4 : 14.19 {C} - Dforum did enough to prevent a mark being taken.
4 : 14.22 {C} - Dforum looking for a lead.
4 : 14.26 {C} - Flicks it to Adams.
4 : 14.31 {C} - Boot to ball from Adams under pressure.
4 : 14.33 {C} - Adams gets the goal.
Bulls : 20.16.136
Firebirds : 19.13.127

 

4 : 14.37 {C} - Winning the bounce is Adams.
4 : 14.45 {rW} - Cribb with all the time in the world.
4 : 14.49 {rW} - He has a bounce.
4 : 14.51 {CHF} - He just bombs away in the direction of Taylor and M. Edwards.
4 : 14.56 {CHF} - Over the head of Taylor.
4 : 15 {CHF} - Taylor with the ball now.
4 : 15.04 {CHF} - He's brought down by M. Edwards.
4 : 15.06 {lHBF} - Dong takes them on.
4 : 15.1 {rHBF} - Kick goes sideways.
4 : 15.14 {rHBF} - Mitchell can't take it.
4 : 15.18 {rHFF} - Ames sucks it up like a dustbuster and he's off and running.
4 : 15.21 {FF} - He gets onto his right side and kicks to Evans.
4 : 15.24 {FF} - But chipping in front is Himann.
4 : 15.28 {FB} - Himann with a little space.
4 : 15.33 {FB} - Himann nearly got done for running too far but he remembers to bounce at last.
4 : 15.35 {FB} - Long handpass to the running Oz.
4 : 15.38 {lBP} - He transfers play using Yamadera.
4 : 15.43 {lBP} - The umpire calls play on.
4 : 15.47 {lBP} - Yamadera with a little space.
4 : 15.51 {lBP} - Yamadera is tackled beautifully by Narang.

 

4 : 15.53 {lFP} - With the ball is Lyons.
4 : 15.58 {FF} - Fires out the handpass to Evans.

 

Yes Eds!

 

4 : 16.02 {FF} - Evans trying to put his stamp on the game.

 

Sounds like I'm having a shit one. If the Firebirds win this, would be crazy

 

4 : 16.04 {FF} - Tkp likes bum
Bulls : 20.16.136
Firebirds : 20.13.133

 

4 : 16.08 {C} - No-one can win the tapout.
4 : 16.16 {rW} - Its hard and tough but Alessi wins possession.
4 : 16.2 {lHFF} - A bit of a miskick.
4 : 16.22 {lHFF} - Schaw and Lehmann both holding each other. No mark.
4 : 16.27 {rHBF} - Lehmann dances around Schaw.
4 : 16.3 {rHBF} - Fires out the handpass to Adams.
4 : 16.34 {C} - Dforum and Masters jostle for position.
4 : 16.37 {C} - Dforum can't take it.
4 : 16.4 {C} - Dforum through heavy traffic.
4 : 16.45 {rW} - A long looping handpass to Cribb.
4 : 16.49 {lW} - Gets a handpass away to Con.
4 : 16.51 {rHFF} - A mongrel punt in the direction of Ames.
4 : 16.55 {rHFF} - Up goes Ames.
4 : 16.59 {rHFF} - The ball is now with Ames.
4 : 17.04 {FF} - Boots the ball toward Evans.
4 : 17.06 {FF} - Himann drops an absolute sitter.
4 : 17.1 {FB} - So Himann ... with a moment to digest his options.
4 : 17.14 {FB} - Great tackle on Himann.

 

4 : 17.17 {FF} - Evans signals for his teammates to present.